Word: childlessness
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...Engler was not particularly popular, but he promised to dig a strapped Michigan out of a $1.8 billion deficit without raising taxes. He lost no time starting. Half a year after his election, he shocked observers by eliminating Michigan's general-assistance program for the state's 83,000 childless, able-bodied poor. Then he moved on to civil servants, cutting 20 boards and commissions and 5,000 state jobs...
...novel she wrote, The Autobiography of My Mother (Farrar Straus Giroux; 228 pages; $20), is one of the season's better literary games. The book's striking central figure, apparently a fictional portrait of Kincaid's mother, aborts her only pregnancy at age 15 and is in fact childless--making a logical contradiction of the title. The reward here, as always with Kincaid's work, is the reading of her clear, bitter prose...
...FAMILY TAX CREDIT: Dave Jones of Los Angeles is not completely happy with what he has heard about the tax cuts proposed by the Republicans. The $500-per-child tax credit, for instance, seems unfair to childless taxpayers. "If I were someone without kids," he says, "I would be furious." However, Jones and his wife Lisa do have kids, four of them. That means they could enjoy a $2,000 reduction in their taxes next year under the G.O.P. plan. Even with a combined $90,000 income--he sells decorative laminates, she manages a dentist's office part time--that...
...others, gay tourists' choice demographics outweigh any prejudice. According to travel-industry studies, gays as a group represent a particularly affluent brand of consumer. Childless more often than not, gays typically have far more disposable income than do straights. "They clearly spend disproportionately more on travel than any other group," says Rex Briggs, project manager for Yankelovich Partners, a polling firm that surveyed gay and lesbian spending patterns. Gay travelers also tend to be more loyal than straights: surveys show they are especially appreciative of good service, and, if pleased, will return to a restaurant, hotel or resort again...
...which is much smaller than the average adult. I experienced a horrific reaction. Luckily, the effect was not lethal, as it was in the case of cancer patient Betsy Lehman; but I was traumatized to the point of avoiding further surgery, which was recommended. That is why I remain childless today. The fear that still lingers from that experience has killed my chances to conceive future children...